violação

See also: violaçaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

violaçaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”). By surface analysis, violar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [vɪ.o.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /vjo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [vjo.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vju.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bju.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la‧ção

Noun

violação f (plural violações)

transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)
Synonym: transgressão
rape; violation (unconsented sex)
Synonym: estupro
the illegal crossing of an international border
Synonym: invasão

Related terms

violabilidade
violado
violador
violar
violável

Further reading

“violação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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